Broughshane b-Eaton in major Plate upset

EATON Park sprang the upset of the round - and arguably of the season so far - in last week's League Plate quarter-finals.

The Broughshane Road side are languishing near the bottom of Division Three - but produced a stunning performance to eliminate first division BPFA ‘A’.

Eaton started the evening with a 20-shot advantage as a result of their lower-ranked status, but in the end, BPFA struggled to win by just a single shot on the night, leaving the rugby club side winners with 19 shots to spare.

Bonar Hill and Willie Humphrey couldn’t be separated in a 7-7 stalemate but Alan Cahoon clawed back 12 of Broughshane’s deficit with a 15-3 win over John Carruthers, which included a ‘6’ on the eighth end.

But the second half belonged to the home side as firstly, George Reid’s foursome produced a 3,3 finish on the last two ends to beat Robert Black 10-7 and Gary Shaw’s rink were 10-2 up against David Morrison in a game where the last two ends weren’t played as the outcome of the match was already determined.

There was almost another shock at the Craig Hall, where West Church ‘A’ only scraped home against First Ballymena by a single shot.

‘West’ had chalked off seven of their 10-shot deficit by the break. Firstly, Matt McPeake produced a ‘5’ on the last end, having trailed 8-7 to Jean Mullan, while Maurice Livingstone’s rink won the last five end of their encounter with Lyle McQuitty to triumph 9-6.